“The beginning of hardship is like the first taste of bitter food--it seems for a moment unbearable; yet, if there is nothing else to satisfy our hunger, we take another bite and find it possible to go on.” IfsFirstsMomentsSeemsGoes OnTasteHungerBitterHardshipBitesUnbearable Book:Four Novels of George Eliot Source: Four Novels of George Eliot
“No one can build his security upon the nobleness of another person. Two people, when they love each other, grow alike in their tastes and habits and pride, but their moral natures (whatever we may mean by that canting expression) are never welded. The base one goes on being base, and the noble one noble, to the end.” PeopleMayMeanPersonsTwoEndsGrowsMoralSecurityExpressionPrideGoes OnHabitTasteNobleLove Each Other Book:The Best of Willa Cather Source: The Best of Willa Cather
“People may go on talking for ever of the jealousies of pretty women; but for real genuine, hard-working envy, there is nothing like an ugly woman with a taste for admiration.” PeopleMayRealHardTalkingHard WorkGoes OnTasteUglyEnvyGenuineJealousyAdmirationPretty WomanUgly Women Book:The Semi-attached Couple Source: The Semi-attached Couple
“A good taste in art feels the presence or the absence of merit; a just taste discriminates the degree--the poco piu and the poco meno. A good taste rejects faults; a just taste selects excellences. A good taste is often unconscious; a just taste is always conscious. A good taste may be lowered or spoilt; a just taste can only go on refining more and more.” FeelsMayArtGoes OnTasteDegreesConsciousFaultsExcellenceAbsenceMeritUnconsciousRejectsGood TasteRefiningSpoilt Author:Anna Brownell Jameson
“My tastes range all over the place, from vocal standards to Motown to 70s funk & soul to 80s pop to film scores to artists like R.E.M., Ben Folds, Prince, Annie Lennox, the Police, Elvis Costello, Cat Stevens, the Ditty Bops, local bands that friends of mine are in, and the list goes on... I have no single favorite genre or artist.” SoulFilmArtistMinesGoes OnTasteBandStandardsCatPolicePopsListsLocalsGenreRangeScore80sVocalFoldsFunkAnnieMotownBopsFilm Scores Author:Stephanie D'Abruzzo
“My stylist has really great taste - Petra Flannery has really great taste. I mean, I am opinionated, and as time goes on, as I've gotten to see more dresses or more clothes, it's easier to say, 'I like that' or 'I don't like that,' but it's nothing I would ever, you know, design.” KnowsMeanDesignGoes OnEasierTasteClothesDressesReally GreatStylistOpinionatedTime Goes OnPetra Author:Emma Stone
“There were years when I was a beer and tequila guy, then I got real fat. And then I found that you could actually go on a diet and drink scotch. Then I got hooked on scotch, and if you get hooked on scotch, then everything else just tastes wrong.” IfsYearsRealGuyFoundGoes OnDrinkTasteFatsBeerDietsWhiskeyHookedScotchDrinking WhiskeyWhiskey DrinkingTequilaScotch WhiskeyScotch Whisky Author:Ron White